Published:Wednesday | May 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMDevon Dick
According to The Gleaner of April 2, the Court of Appeal in a judgment written by Justice Hazel Harris in the case Paymaster vs Grace Kennedy concluded that Paymaster didn't own the software on which its operations function. That belonged to Paul...
Look out for the bolt from the woodwork by naysayers and populists at this first hint of a potential hitch in Jamaica's economic reform agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Neither the Jamaican authorities nor the Fund should allow...
His provisos notwithstanding, we welcome Bruce Golding's public acknowledgement of the logic of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). But of potentially greater value to Jamaica's accession to the court's criminal and civil jurisdiction are Mr...
The age-old expression 'you're lucky' is a pronouncement that good fortune favours you. It's an acknowledgement that even without effort, success comes to everything you touch, and like the Irish, blessings abundant follow you.'You're lucky',...
Whoever dares to start a family in these times deserves a medal for bravery for folly. Whoever succeeds at raising a stable, wholesome family bears testimony to the existence of luck or the continuance of miracles.I begin this way because the times...
This is written by a correspondent who has chosen to write under the pseudonym Land Lord. Education Minister and Central Kingston Member of Parliament Ronald Thwaites often comes across as an ecclesiastical windbag, full of pious sound and fury,...
The tabling of the DNA Evidence Bill in Parliament must be seen as a positive step in the investigation of crimes and the administration of justice.Now that the bill is before the House, after a protracted gestation period, one hopes that a joint...
Arthur Williams Jr, the second-generation politician out of the belly of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has made history once this year and the stage is set for another history-making move.With the vote on the bills to establish the Caribbean Court...
We suppose that Arnaldo Brown, the junior foreign minister, may have misapprehended the substance of the discussion - insofar as any of substance has been engaged recently - about legislative representation for Jamaicans living abroad.Judging from...
Women, can't live with them, can't live without them. That well-known quote from Desiderius Erasmus indicates the complexity of the female sex. Women fascinate me. I admire, respect and appreciate them, and the older I get, the more I...
Under current Jamaican law, not one heinous murderer can be charged for killing an unborn offspring. They can only be charged for killing the female carrying the child. It does not matter whether the murderer knew that she was pregnant or if she was killed because she was pregnant or if the foetus was old enough to survive outside of the womb...
Contrary to views expressed recently in the media, the University of Technology (UTech) has made the strategic decision to ensure that graduates of the College of Oral Health Sciences are qualified according to world-class standards.Later this month...
During his recent stopover in Jamaica, United States President Barack Obama shared his concerns about China's growing assertiveness. While Washington is particularly concerned with China's activities in the Pacific Ocean and South China Sea, the...
Tabling the DNA bill, as groundbreaking as that law will be, was not the only significant procurement made by Peter Bunting, the national security minister, in Parliament last week.Something that escaped attention was his disclosure that the Cabinet...
The Jamaican Government often deals with problems through the use of strategies that create new problems that dwarf the problems they are intended to solve.The present administration's attempt to solve the problem of duty-free imported sugar...
If he's not careful, Professor Colin Gyles, deputy president of the University of Technology (UTech), will soon need the services of a graduate of an accredited dental degree programme. He's just beating his gums in response to my column published...
In the midst of inexplicably foolish actions like Derrick Kellier's job-scything and potentially ruinous assault on manufacturers, the Simpson Miller administration has been up to some positive things.It appointed sensible governors, chaired by...
Security, in its broadest definition, encompasses many variables. These would include the right to be whole in your person without fear of unjustified personal violation; the sanctity of your property; and the expectation that the property benefits...
The recent announcement from Derrick Kellier, minister of agriculture and fisheries, about a pending well-needed and well-intentioned cess on imported refined sugar has generated protest running the full gamut from stupid, irrational and rude, to...
Published:Friday | May 1, 2015 | 12:00 AMTony Deyal
The third Test between England and the West Indies started yesterday, May 1, at Kensington Oval, Barbados. Twenty-two years ago, the second Test match between the West Indies and Pakistan went into its second day on April 24, 1993.I had started a...
As Jamaica gets ready to join the world community in recognising Global Safety Week starting Monday, we feel it's appropriate to once again stress our concern about the lack of effective traffic enforcement in seeking to reduce reckless road usage...
Let me ask you a question: If you were a politician and a legislator, would you pass laws to criminalise corrupt behaviour of politicians and legislators? Clearly, you wouldn't if you were corrupt.But if you were a clean and principled politician-...
Derrick Kellier, the agriculture minister, says he wants to close a loophole through which tariff-free refined sugar competes with semi-processed sugar in Jamaica's retail market. At the same time, he wants to provide protection and subsidies for...
The English Premier League season is winding down. Chelsea, who are sitting comfortably at the top of the league with a 13-point lead, need only to win one of their last four games to win their fourth title in the last decade.Chelsea's brilliant run...
Published:Tuesday | April 28, 2015 | 12:00 AMJaevion Nelson
There is a deafening silence that has clearly impaired our ability to hear our children weeping for our help. The shamefulness of our nonchalance and inaction has seemingly muzzled the vast majority of us. The gruesome stories of rape, murder and...
